Stock-rack for platform-scales



Patented-Apr. 4, I899.

S. J. RICE. STOCK RACK FOR PLATFORM SCALES.

(Application filed Dec. 9, ISQB.)

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No. 622,538. Patented Ap r. 4, I899.

s. .1. RICE. STOEK BACK FOB PLATFORM SCALES.

(Application filed Dec. 9, 1896.)

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SAMUEL J. RICE, OF SCOTCH GROVE, IOXVA.

STOCK-RACK FOR PLATFORM-SCALES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,538, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed December 9, 1896. Serial No. 6l5,0 (N modem To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. RICE, of Scotch Grove, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Stock-Rack for Platform-Scales, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

The object of theinvention is to providea new and improved stock-rack for platformscales which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to receive live stock for weighing and permit the entrance of wide loads of hay or the like without removing the rack from the platform.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the platform, and Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating a modified construction of the lower ends of the posts.

The platform A of the scales is provided at its under side with the usual longitudinallyextending beams A and near its sides with box-sills A each formed with longitudinal beams A A spaced apart by sets of blocks A staple on the opposite post, as indicated in the drawings.

On the ends of the sides B are hung endgates D D, adapted to swing inwardly and fold on the corresponding side. Normally, however, the gates are adapted to close the ends of the stock-rack after the cattle or other live stock are driven upon the platform A. The hinges D for the gates D D are formed The sides with two straps engaging opposite sides of the gates and fastened to the timber thereof by transverse rivets or bolts and passing through both straps and the timber. The double strap-hinges D securely hold the gates in place on the sides and permit the same'to swing inward for folding purposes and outward when the rack is to be opened fordriving the cattle in or out of the rack.

Near the lower end of each of the posts B is secured a longitudinally-extending pivot E, resting on the top of the platform A and engaging bearing-recesses in the beams F, extending longitudinally on the upper surface of the platform A, at the sides thereof, as is plainly indicated in the drawings. It is evident that the pivots E prevent the posts B from passing too far down into the pockets A and the said pivots permit of swinging or pressing the sides B outwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, whenever the connecting-bar C is unhooked and the gates D D are folded inward upon the sides. The posts 13 may be beveled at their inner faces, near their. lower ends, as shown at B 111 Fig. 4, to rest against the inner beam A of the box-sill after the side is leaned outward, as indicated in dotted lines in said Fig. 4.

It will readily be understood that by the arrangement described the stock-rack can be used for holding cattle on the platform Afor weighing purposes, and the rack need not be removed from the platform for wagon-loads, even if the latter are very wide, as the gates can be swung inward onto the sides B, and the latter can then be swung outward to make sufficient room at their upper ends for wide loads.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a scaleplatform having a plurality of openings therein, two pairs of longitudinally-extending beams on the under side of the platform, the pairs of beams being repectively located adjacent to the side edges of the platform, and the openings in the platform being located between the men1- bers of the said pairs of beams respectively, a series of blocks interposed between the members of the pairs of beams and arranged respectively at the ends of the openings forming sockets, and a stock-rack having side and end portions, the former being provided with posts pivotally connected with the platform to swing thereon, the ends of the posts projecting respectively through the openings'in the platform, and into the sockets, the sides of the sockets forming stops for the posts.

2. A scale-platform having on its under side pairs of beams run parallel with and separated from each other, a series of blocks located between and connected with the beams, the said blocks being arranged in pairs and spaced apart forming sockets, the said platform having a series of openings registering with the said sockets, and a stock-rack having its sides provided with posts, the ends of the posts extending through the platform into the sockets, a pivot-pin extending transversely through each of said posts above its lower end and resting on the platform at each end of therespective opening therein, and a series of beams on the upper side of the platform and formed with recesses to receive the projecting ends of the pins, the sides of the sockets serving as stops for the posts.

3. The combination of a scale-platform provided with two series of openings, a stockrack having side and end portions, the former being provided with posts respectively projecting into the openings in the platform, a pin secured to each post at a suitable distance from the lower end, the pins extending horizontally and bearing down upon the platform, a series of beams secured to the upper side of the platform and formed with bearings or recesses to receive the pins, to hold the pins roekably between the beams and the platform, whereby the sides of the stock-rack are mounted to swing on the platform, and stopsarranged to engage the posts below the pivotal points, substantially as set forth.

SAMUEL J. RICE. 

